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Object Number
38-60-30/1791
Display Title
Musical instrument made from a complete turtle shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Turtle shell, complete, hollow, chipped.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Faunal
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1938
Culture
- Payamino
- Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 9.4 x 7.9 x 4.1 cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-60-30/1791
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Peabody Museum Association - Collections, 1938
Provenance
Collector
Mr. C. H. Spencer
(1937-1938 - 1938-1939)
Donor
Mr. C. H. Spencer
(1938-1939)
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